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youngjaemysalvation · 2 years

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Familiar Soul

He seems to be everywhere you go. You’ve never seen him or talked to him before. He isn't what he seems to be. He is a spirit, he had been in a terrible accident. He completely changes your life for the better. Then, you realize something extraordinary. Something that might unveil the truth about both of you. Will you eventually find out the truth?

A/n: I have posted this story on another site before but decided to post it here on my Tumblr. And since I am still in the process of writing it since I at first, planned to have this be a one shot from an idea I had. I hope y’all enjoy it! :D

Genre: Romance, Fluff. a bit of angst?

“Sure Eva, I’ll be sure to check the papers,” you told your friend.

For history class, the professor had paired up the class for a project involving ancient Egypt. They needed to write about the culture and how it is similar to today’s world. Pairs then need to make a presentation about Egyptian culture. You felt lucky to be paired up with your close friend.

“Okay then, see you later!” she called out, walking away from you.

You smiled as you looked down to sort the papers. Right when you were starting to stroll down the hall, you notice a tall man walking past you. He had a defined looking face and very milky skin. It didn’t take too long for you to be so distracted, that you had accidentally lost grip of the papers and they were flying off.

“Shit,” you muttered to yourself as you kneeled down to pick them up, feeling embarrassed. You hated being clumsy sometimes.

You swore that while picking up the papers, you saw somebody helping you in your peripheral vision. Daring to look up, you saw that it was the man who had just walked past you.

You grin because of his kindness, “Thank you. I’m sorry, I’m not usually like this at all.”

He smiles warmly, his dimples appearing on his cheeks. “No, you’re fine. Where are you heading off to anyway?”

You look at him with skepticism, it was a bit strange that he suddenly is asking about your plans. “Just, going to the library to study for my chemistry class. I’m struggling a bit with the assignments.”

He gave a look as if a lightbulb went off in his head, “Maybe I can help. I’m-I’m majoring in Chemistry actually.”

You heard his hesitation when he spoke up quickly. It was endearing, “Sure, why not. But just don’t distract me or anything,” you said almost playfully.

He only shrugged and gave you a flirty smile, “Well, I can’t promise anything.”

You blushed immediately after, he was very cute and you couldn’t hide that in front of him. Before the tension could grow thicker, you start walking down the hall to go to the library. It was very quiet, as usual. There were only a few other students in the wide open space.

The bookshelves were a mahogany color decorated with books that were most likely decades old. You walked fairly slowly to the table so your bag wouldn’t bounce around as you kept walking. The handsome man took the seat next to you and set up his own things.

You took out your binder for your class and rifled through the pages to find the assignment you had to work on for this week. You didn’t notice that he stole a glance towards you. However, you managed to catch him smiling.

“What?” you ask him carefully.

“Nothing,” he said innocently, “just waiting to teach you about the wonders of molecular bonding.”

In that moment, you were glad that you were able to hold in the noise you would be making by laughing so hard. “Okay, are you trying to be funny with me now, sir?”

“Only if it means seeing you smile of course,” he says matter-of-factly.

Before you could hear any more of his cheesy pick up lines, you take out your homework. On the paper, the periodic table is drawn out in your handwriting.

“Alright, so I need to really learn about covalent bonding and which elements are examples of that.”

He looked over at the notes, “Well, that’s pretty easy to understand. Atoms usually share electrons. Things like water and diamonds are results of covalent bonding.”

He leaned in next to you, he felt really warm and in a way, very comforting. You could feel the soft fabric of his sweater and you had hoped you sighed rather quietly. It felt like a fragile dream and you enjoyed the moment. In a few seconds, you made the bold option of looking at him.

You swore he felt something, you weren’t sure what exactly but he had emotion in his eyes. You smiled genuinely at him. He unexpectedly chuckled as he smiled back at you.

He turned his face away from you, “I’m sorry.”

“Why?” you ask him still smiling, trying to tell him it’s alright.

“I didn’t mean to do that,” he said sighing, tapping his hands on the table.

“Why? What did you do?” you asked innocently, wondering why he sounded peccant.

He dared to lift his head up in your direction, “No, no. I can’t say it. I just don’t want to make you uncomfortable.”

You then looked down to see that your cleavage was showing a bit. You felt a rush go to your cheeks and pulled your cardigan over your shirt to cover it. “I’m really sorry,” you immediately apologized.

He shook his head, “No! It wasn’t that. You don’t need to do that. I mean, they’re really nice.”

You laughed as he stumbled on his words and he looked like he regretted saying the last sentence. “Hey, you’re okay,” you assure him, patting his back.

He lifted his eyebrow towards you, “So it was fine for me to suddenly confess to you that you have nice breasts?”

This made you blush harder, “Shut up!”

He laughed as he dodged your arm when you hit him. You two were worried if you were making too much noise in the library. “You know, I never got your name.”

You smiled once again, “It’s Y/N.”

“You have a beautiful name,” he said firmly.

“Thank you,” you said shyly. You were surprised you were able to hold your gaze in his eyes. He was bold, you'll admit. But it was sort of endearing in a way.

“I’m Jooheon. I’m studying Chemistry to be a forensic scientist,” he said enthusiastically.

You felt the surge of excitement he seemed to have for what he loved. “Wow! So you want to go on crime scenes and all of that?”

He nodded, “Yup. I just find it interesting how evidence can really say a lot about what transpired and how it went down.”

You almost jumped when your phone rung and quickly answered as you did not want it to keep ringing. “Hello?” you said quickly.

“Y/N! I just wanted to ask when we can work on our project together!” Eva asked you excitedly.

“Oh,” you looked over to Jooheon, “Eva, can I just message you? I’m in the library.”

“Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I can just call back later!” Eva told you before hanging up.

You rolled your eyes playfully and ended the call as well, looking up at Jooheon apologetically. “I’m sorry, I wanted to keep listening to you.”

“No it’s fine,” he said smiling. His smile was very welcoming. He had dimples on his face which added more to his friendly demeanor. It was blatant how handsome he was, and you started to wonder if maybe you shouldn’t be thinking about him in this way.

You pushed some hair behind your ear, “Um, I think I need to go.”

He looked a bit disappointed when you told him. You continued, “I just have some things to do and I need to rest as well.”

“Hey did you want me to give you my number?” he asked suddenly.

You smiled up at him, “Yeah, I’d love to talk more with you.”

You had suspicions since of course, you had just met him. You had hoped that his kindness was genuine and the fact that you thought he was attractive helped as well. He seemed friendly enough that he felt familiar. It was indescribable and very perplexing.

He had punched in his number after you kindly gave him your phone, you trusted he wouldn’t pull anything. With another smile, he departed, “I guess I’ll talk to you soon?”

Your eyes brightened as you smiled simultaneously. It was no question you made a new friend. “Yes, you will.”

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capricornwriter5 · 2 years

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Always on time - Chapter 4

Pairing: Jooheon x female OC

Genre: childhood friends to enemies, enemies to friends, friends to lovers, smut (later chapters), fluff, angst, slow burn, idol AU!

Warning: mentions of alcohol

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Chapter 4

Three days had passed since the meeting and Jooheon was still in bad shape.

As he left the hotel, he went to a bar near his apartment; the bartender already knew him, so he served him drinks without asking questions until Jooheon almost lost consciousness. Before that happened, Wonho came to get him out of there.

"Hyuuuuung!" a very, very drunk Jooheon greeted him. “Whatzzz yuuu herrrre doin’?”

Wonho patted him on the back while helping him get off the stool.

"Aiiish, hyuuuung, no, no... my… drink. Finish it, my drink".

"Thank you, hyung," Wonho told the bartender, "I’ll take it from here. Put all the drinks on my tab, tomorrow I’ll come to pay you. Come on, Jooheon-ah, stand up... Ufff, you’re heavy, come on".

Wonho took Jooheon to his car. The rapper didn’t put up much resistance and fell asleep on the way. Wonho took him to the dorm and called Shownu to help him get him into the apartment.

"What happened to him?" Shownu asked when he saw the rapper’s condition.

"I don’t know," Wonho replied. "I just got a call from Kevin-hyung telling me that Jooheon was bad and that I’d better pick him up. When I got to the bar, I found him like this".

Kihyun and Minhyuk had also woken up and saw the other two pulling Jooheon upstairs, so they cleaned the way for them to pass through the door and into the rapper’s room unhindered.

"Watch his head," Kihyun said. "God, I haven’t seen him that bad in a while".

"Tomorrow we can ask him what happened," Shownu said while laying Jooheon on his bed, the guy already asleep. "It’s late, Wonho-ah, are you staying the night? Your bed is still clean".

"Thanks, hyung, but I have an early photo shoot tomorrow. I’d better go to my apartment,” Wonho said while searching for something in the pocket of his jacket. "Here, these are Jooheon’s car keys. I had to pick him up in my car, so I left his in the parking lot of the bar".

"Don’t worry, we’ll take care of it in the morning," Kihyun said. "Come, yesterday Shownu-hyung’s mom sent us kimchi, I’ll give you some to take with you".

As they were leaving the room, Minhyuk stared at the figure of Jooheon scattered across the bed. The idol thought that night Jooheon was going to arrive animated, not passed out. He thought seeing his former classmates would give him some joy, however seeing him like that worried him more than he was willing to admit.

*****

The next morning, Jooheon woke up with a fucking headache that lasted all morning. Not even Kihyun’s food could take it away. None of the other members told him anything, but Jooheon could see the questions in the eyes of his hyungs. Even I.M., who had arrived in the morning, treated him with caution. Jooheon decided to ignore them.

After he had finished his breakfast, Hyungwon arrived and handed him his car keys; he had gone to pick it up from where Jooheon had parked the car the night before. Then, when all the members left to fulfill their schedules, the rapper drove to the apartment he rented for himself and threw himself back into bed.

He couldn’t stop thinking about what had happened the night before. Had Jules really been avoiding him all night? On purpose? Kim Kyung-Bok had always been an asshole, but Jooheon could not forget his words or Jules's reaction. Is true it wasn’t like they were both going back to being the same people they were at school, it had been too long for that, but going from being so close to avoiding him... seemed a bit extreme.

So, Jooheon spent the next three days in a bad mood. He was angry at Kyung-Bok’s words, at Jules's attitude, at his own expectations, because the fucking company wouldn’t let him work and because... FUCK. The only thing that got him out of his lethargy was the damn ringtone on his cell phone. I.M. was calling him, but Jooheon didn’t feel like answering, so he let it ring until the call was cut off.

But, of course, I.M. wasn’t the type to pick up the signals easily, so his cell phone rang again and again and again and again and... FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD!!.

"Changkyung-ah" Jooheon replied, "I hope someone is dying, otherwise..."

"Hyung! You finally answer," interrupted I.M.

Jooheon had to take a deep breath before responding. This child lacked social skills.

"What happened, Changkyung-ah? Did you lose your credit card again?"

"Hyung, you’re coming tomorrow, right?" asked I.M. ignoring Jooheon’s scathing comment.

Tomorrow? What the hell was this kid...? Shit!

"Of course I am," Jooheon replied, changing the tone of his voice to a more gentle one. "What do you take me for? Tomorrow is your solo performance, of course I’ll be there".

I.M. knew Jooheon had forgotten, but considering everything he was going through, he didn’t care.

"Thank you, hyung. I’m... nervous," the maknae confessed.

"Aishhh, none of that. You’re ready, you’ve worked hard... there’s no reason to be nervous".

"Liv’s going," I.M. said.

"Ahhhhhh, it all makes sense now," Jooheon replied, amused by his younger brother’s nervousness. "Well, that’s something you should be nervous about. If you sing out of pitch on stage..."

"HYUNG! I’m serious, you’re not helping me. Jeez, if that is what you are going to say I’d rather call Shownu-hyung".

Jooheon couldn’t take it anymore and laughed uncontrollably. On the other side of the line, I.M. was slightly upset by the jokes, but it was the first time he heard his hyung this cheerful in several weeks, so he let it go.

"Hyung... I can’t lose her a second time".

"You will not lose her, Kyung-ah," Jooheon said for sure. "All you have to do is be patient and give her time. You’ll see that in no time you’ll be all lovey-dovey again. But, Kyung-ah, what I said before was for real. Miss the pitch and all the love will..."

"Aisshhh, hyung, I’m hanging up," said I.M. "don’t be late".

*****

The next day, Jooheon arrived first at the studio where I.M. had the recording of the performance. The other members of Monsta X arrived one by one and Liv arrived last. The dancer greeted them all and wished I.M. good luck before going on stage.

Jooheon saw Liv smiling the whole time I.M. was on stage and knew that Changkyung, in effect, had nothing to worry about.

"He wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you," Jooheon told Liv as he put an arm around her shoulders. "Do you know why he did so well with this album? Because he knew it wasn’t just his, it was yours too"

"Jooheon..."

"You know it’s true. Look, he even got buff for you!" said the rapper, making her laugh.

At the end of the recording, Jooheon exchanged looks with the other members of Monsta X and they all reached an unspoken agreement: these two needed push, so, one by one, they quietly left the dressing room while Liv was distracted checking her cell phone.

"Do you think it’s best to leave them alone?" Kihyun asked.

"Pfff! After that performance? After the look Liv was giving him? We would only get in the way of those two," Hyungwon replied.

“Yah! A ‘yes’ would’ve been enough. I didn’t need to picture Liv’s… whatever” finished Kihyun a little annoyed.

"I just hope I.M. doesn’t mess this up," Minhyuk said. "Can you imagine if he falls on his way off the stage? Or if he can’t undo the zipper on his shirt?"

Everyone laughed, as these were things that had already happened to the maknae more than once after a performance. Despite this, Jooheon was sure Changkyung would be fine.

At that moment, Jooheon saw his manager talking on the phone. It had been weeks since they had spoken, so the rapper decided to come up and ask when he could get back to work.

"Guys, I’ll meet you in the car," Jooheon told the others.

"Hyung!" he yelled at his manager.

"Ah, Jooheon-ah," the manager replied with a smile as he ended the call. "You look good, what do you think of I.M.’s presentation? You must be proud".

"Yes, hyung, yes. I came to ask you... when can I go back to the studio?"

The manager’s face got cloudy.

"Ah... that. Jooheon-ah, you know how those things are. They take time".

"They take time? Are you serious? Hyung, what is it? Are they going to kick me out of the group?"

"What are you saying? Of course not! We do all this for your own good, Jooheon-ah. You need to find a balance with your work and ways to relax..."

"Balance? Relax?" Jooheon could not believe the hypocrisy. "Sure, because it’s not like the company made us work 25 hours a day 8 days a week all these years. And now I get this?"

With each word, the rapper’s anger grew more and more. He was almost spitting fire out of his mouth... again.

"I know, Jooheon-ah," his manager sighed. "Just... be patient. For now, I was about to call you. The executives want you alongside the rest of the group at next week’s gala. You know, to look good in front of producers and other groups..."

"Ahhhh, that’s what they want me for," Jooheon snorted. "Sure, the image is important, fuck everything else, right? As long as the bills come in, we bow to the same old influent people, and we say the right thing everything’s fine, right?"

"Jooheon-ah, please, just..."

"Relax, hyung, I’ll be there. But I can’t promise anything else".

And with those last words, Jooheon turned around and returned with his friends. On the way to the car, he managed to calm down and relax the frown. None of the others realized the hell of humor that Jooheon was hiding under the smiles, only Liv and Wonho, who joined them later, noticed something out of place in the rapper, but neither of them said anything and continued with the maknae’s solo celebration dinner.

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After I.M.’s solo night, Jooheon was ready to return to his routine of converting oxygen into carbon dioxide, but his friends had other plans. Everyone had agreed to keep Jooheon entertained and get him out of his room.

Kihyun forced him to go to international cooking classes where they learned to make crepes. Shownu made him go to a surfing class with him where Jooheon swallowed half the water from the pool. Hyungwon made him go shopping and then accompany him to a fitting session for a photoshoot. Even Minhyuk and Wonho took him out of the house, one to buy art supplies and the other to go to pilates sessions. Jooheon appreciated their efforts, but he could see that they were trying too hard not to show their worries.

Now, Jooheon was alone in the dorm with I.M. and was expecting the youngster to drag him out of the apartment, although the maknae didn’t seem to want to leave, which Jooheon was grateful for.

"Hyung, what do you say we order some food?" asked I.M. "There’s a new restaurant two blocks away and they have delivery services. And I think they have dumplings on the menu".

"As long as I don’t have to go out, that’s fine".

And just like that, the two rappers spent the afternoon eating and playing video games.

"Hahahahaha, yahhhh, Changkyung-ah, what is it?" Jooheon teased him. "You used to be good at this game, but I’ve been kicking your ass for half an hour. Did love make you clumsy again?"

I.M. did not respond, he merely lowered his head and smiled, but Jooheon noticed the maknae’s ears turning scarlet red.

"Alright, it’s time," Jooheon said as he paused the game, "I promised not to ask anything, but... did something happen with Liv on the day of the concert? We are all dying to know if our beloved maknae has finally out-grown the kindergarteners”.

"Shut up," I.M. told him as he threw a pillow at his face.

Jooheon remained silent and show an expectant look. I.M. knew that he wouldn’t give up on the subject so he had no choice but to answer.

"We just… kissed" Changkyung announced, the last word almost a whisper.

"YOU JUST KISSED?! UUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYY" Jooheon started shouting. "CHANGKYUNG-AH! HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHA!! OUR CHANGKYUNG-AAAAH!"

"Hyung! Stop yelling, will you? Calm down!"

"Calm down? How do you want me to calm down?!" Jooheon said, extremely excited by the news. "No wonder you’ve been Mr. Smiles all these days," he said with a wink.

"Aish, hyuuuuuung" complained I.M. hiding his face with the palms of his hands. The maknae could feel his cheeks and hears burning. "I won’t tell you anything anymore".

"Stop with the tantrum, we both know you’re going to tell me everything… E V E R Y T H I N G" Jooheon said as he sat closer to I.M. on the couch. "Let’s see, I want details, how did it happen? What did you say? Did you kiss her first or did she kiss you first?"

"Are you crazy?! What’s wrong with you? I’m not going to tell you any of that. Put the weirdness aside, please".

"Oh, says the idiot who made a fool of himself in the middle of the street when we recorded the reality in China".

"Could you please get over the goddamm dance of SIX FUCKING YEARS AGO?"

"Wow, calm down, guys. What happened here?" they were interrupted by Minhyuk’s voice who arrived in the dormitory at that exact moment with the rest of the members of Monsta X.

"YOU WON’T BELIEVE ME!" Jooheon shouted the moment he saw them enter.

"Hyung, no, wait..." I.M. begged him.

"Changkyung-ah and Liv... KISSED!!"

Immediately, the screams erupted in Monsta X’s living room:

"WHAT?"

"WHERE?"

"NOOOOOOO! ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

"OUR MAKNAE WILL FINALLY STOP SOBBING!"

Everyone wanted to know the details and began to tease the youngest of the group. The maknae just wanted the earth to swallow him, but the comments of his hyungs, and his mood in general, did not leave room for frustration or anger, so he just laughed with his members and tried to dodge the awkward questions.

Jooheon had now gotten up from the couch and was watching everything from the apartment kitchen. Changkyung hadn’t smiled so much in a while and seeing him so happy made Jooheon really happy. The last two years had not been easy, but I.M. had grown and matured and deserved to be happy.

Seeing the scene unfolding in front of him, Jooheon couldn’t help but think of Jules. Would she be happy? He was hoping so, although her attitude at the party still made the rapper uncomfortable. Could it be... the nerves? Did she think she should keep her distance because of... anything? Maybe... argh, Jooheon didn’t even know what to think anymore.

What he did know was that he wanted to see Jules again. Maybe outside the party, everything would be different and they could have a normal conversation. The thing was, how do he could set up an appointment with Jules? In the invitation to the meeting came Jules's contact information, but Jooheon, in a moment of extreme stupidity, had thrown out the invitation and now had no way to contact her.

Where to start looking for her?

He could ask Areum, but he didn’t have her number either, and something told him that even if he did, she wouldn’t give him Jules's cellphone. On the other hand, perhaps to meet her by chance, by coincidence, was a better idea. But to do that, Jooheon needed to know something: where she worked, what area she lived in... something, whatever it was. However, Jooheon knew nothing.

JEEEEEEZ

We were in the 21st century, weren’t we? Why the hell was it so hard to find a person?

"Yah, Jooheon-ah" Shownu said, dragging Jooheon out of his thoughts. "Hand me the phone, Wonho has to know this".

"No, hyung, no, no, wait, Wonho-hyung no, one moment..." I.M. begged, but everyone ignored him and video-called Wonho as soon as Jooheon had handed his leader a cellphone.

The jokes and yells continued for several more hours and Changkyung’s ears kept on being hot red all night. The good mood encouraged Jooheon a bit, and after seeing Changkyung shining with happiness, Jooheon made a decision: he would find Jules and get his best friend back.

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Yeah, well… easier said than done. Jooheon was determined to find Jules, but his determination was getting weaker by the day. He spent the next week checking social media, his school site, the universities graduates list to see if he could find something… but he had made no progress in his search for Julianne. I mean, how many Seo Julianne could be in Seoul? Apparently... one, so at least he knew she didn’t live in Jeju Island or something, the problem was that was all he got: she lived here, but Seoul was just as big. He didn’t find Jules’s social media, if she had any, and he didn’t see her name in the graduates’ lists he had looked up.

The only option he had was to walk up and down Seoul in case he bumped into her and… that was ridiculous.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

In any case, that night Jooheon would have to pause his efforts since he had to go with the other members to the gala dinner that his manager had mentioned a week ago. Usually, Jooheon was indifferent to such events, he was not thrilled to have to laugh at the bad jokes of the directors of the companies, and the food they served was always cold, but at least he could talk to some of his friends in the industry. But that night Jooheon was pissed. Of course, the company’s image was first.

The other members of Monsta X knew that Jooheon was not in a good mood, but they did not try to encourage him and tell him to change his face, they knew that, given the situation, it would only make the rapper’s mood worse. That’s why they decided to ignore Jooheon’s monosyllabic responses, his obviously fake smiles, and the little effort he was making to socialize and they just fill in the uncomfortable gaps and silences. The only one who wasn’t looking out for Jooheon was I.M.; the maknae had more important things to focus on and Jooheon noticed. The whole time I.M. spent watching Liv, Jooheon spent it watching I.M. just to see when the maknae was going to make his move, or if he was to going to make a move at all.

After a few hours of standing, the two rappers sat at the group’s designated table. By that time, Jooheon could see the gears spinning in Changkyung’s head and he was laughing inside his head as he saw his friend’s frown when Liv talking and having fun with other people.

"Yah, Changkyung-ah, what are you doing?" Jooheon asked after a while.

"Umm?" Changkyung replied, still with his gaze fixed on Liv and too focused to formulate a coherent response.

Jooheon only laughed low as the other members of Monsta X arrived at the table.

"Hyung" Jooheon told Shownu, who sat next to him, "I think we need some ice, otherwise, I think our Changkyungnnie is going to rip someone’s head off before the night is over".

At Jooheon’s comment, everyone turned their attention to I.M. and followed the direction of the maknae’s gaze. None could stand the laughter, only Kihyun rolled his eyes and excuse himself to go for a drink; the singer had had enough of the drama of those two, he didn’t need to witness anything else between his sister and I.M.

"Changkyung-ah, relax," Minhyuk told him, but I.M. still paid no attention to any of them.

Suddenly, I.M. stood up and began to walk directly toward Liv with a determined step. The rest of the group saw him walking toward the dancer and because of the tension on the rapper’s back, they knew he wasn’t entirely happy.

"Yah, Changkyung-ah, where are you going?" Shownu asked, but I.M. didn’t hear it.

"Hyung" Jooheon said, "remember when you said I.M. wasn’t jealous?"

"Yes, well," Shownu sighed, "I think it’s something else to be added to the list of things I was wrong about our maknae. He’s changed, our Changkyunnie".

"Nah" replied Jooheon, "he just fell in love".

Jooheon’s mood improved considerably when he saw I.M. talking to Liv. He was happy for him, he had seen him hit rock bottom after she left and also saw him stand up again, gain more confidence and move on alone. He deserved to be happy, they both deserved it.

Almost automatically, Jooheon thought of Jules and wondered again if his friend would be happy. He wanted her to be, but a feeling very similar to... selfishness? Maybe ambition? began to grow inside Jooheon; the rapper wanted Jules to be happy but he wanted her to be happy to see him. Did that make sense? Did Jooheon have any right to want something like that?

Of course not. It had been five, six years since he and Jules last spoke. They were different people now, but... they could always get to know each other again. Jooheon was sure of that, even more so when he saw I.M. and Liv right now.

*****

After a few moments, I.M. returned to the table with the rest of the group. Jooheon wanted to ask him if everything was okay, but he didn’t have the chance, as the presentation of a rookie group was just beginning.

The melody of the song was nice and the lyrics felt extremely personal. It was strange that they would give such a song to a new group and Jooheon was about to comment when he saw the tablecloth wet with tears coming out of Changkyung’s eyes. Jooheon’s head started to run a thousand miles per hour:

Shit, now what... wait a minute, the lyric, that’s... shit, shit, shit a thousand times.

Right there, when the pieces fit into Jooheon’s mind, so did in everyone else’s. That song was Liv’s and it was for Changkyung.

"Changkyung..." Jooheon said when his friend stood up once the song was over. The maknae did not say a word as his friends saw him run out of the room. Of course, Changkyung’s attitude did not go unnoticed and some people, artists and executives alike, saw I.M.’s reaction with a mixture of confusion and disapproval.

In a matter of minutes, the executive director of Monsta X’s company arrived at the group’s table. He had a frown and red ears because of the contained anger.

"Can you tell me what are you doing?" he asked the group in a low voice. "Do you have any idea how important this gala is? No, of course not... since no one has really cared as to why we make such appearances as an agency".

"I’m sorry, Director Kwan," Shownu replied quickly and lowered his head. "Changkyung-ah was not feeling well and he had an emergency to attend, he didn’t mean to disrespect anyone..."

"Well, he did" replied the director, cutting Shownu before he could finish his sentence. "I am not interested in the intentions he has had and I do not understand why Lim Changkyung still does not understand that in certain contexts he cannot think only of himself. And what about you? How come you can’t control that insolent, or at least talk some sense into him? The tattoos, the rebellious attitude, the lyrics he writes... we have allowed all of that and, in return, we only hope he behaves well enough in events like this not to damage the company’s image".

"As far as image is concerned," Jooheon stepped in suddenly, "worry about yours. As you said, none of us has really cared as to why we make such appearances as an agency. And when it comes to your artists, you might want to care more about their health and not so much if we look like pretty boys. That concept is already old, don’t you think?"

They were all stunned. True, Director Kwan had gone overboard with the comments about I.M., but he was still a top executive of the company; nothing good could come out of Jooheon answering him that way.

"What did you...?"

"What Jooheon meant" Shownu intervened before the discussion heated up "is that we all understand the importance of this gala, but there are situations that we cannot ignore. I.M. made the decision to retire from the event because that was the best thing he could do to take care of the group’s and the agency’s image right now".

There were a few seconds of silence until Director Kwan spoke again:

"There are still a couple of hours before the event ends. I don’t want any more surprises and if any of you have another situation you can’t ignore, I recommend you all leave together".

And with that said, the CEO of Starship Entertainment turned around and returned to his table. Meanwhile, the members of Monsta X sat again in silence. Shownu was thinking about what to do to cover up the behavior of the two rappers, but Jooheon interrupted his line of thoughts:

"Aish, let’s go," he said standing up. "Let’s get out of here".

"Jooheon-ah, sit down," Kihyun said.

"Hyung, what are we doing here? Changkyung just left crying and we’re still here".

"Calm down, Jooheon-ah," Hyungwon said as he palmed his friend’s back, "we’re all worried, but we can’t do much right now but..."

"Of course we can do something. We can get out of here," Jooheon insisted. "I bet everyone here is fed up with this type of event. So, let’s go. Director Kwan practically kicked us out a few minutes ago, if anyone asks, we just followed his instructions. Besides, who’s going to ask anything if...".

"Enough, Lee Jooheon," Shownu said quietly as he stood up to make Jooheon sit in the chair with a little force. "We have a responsibility here and now. As much as we want to go after I.M. we can’t, not now. None of us is leaving this gala until it’s over. Did I make myself clear?"

Everyone at the table nodded quietly, Jooheon included. Shownu rarely imposed his leader’s authority as he did then, so no one wanted to push the issue any further.

*****

Monsta X arrived at their dorm at two in the morning, more or less. After the gala, they stayed talking to friends, producers, executives from other companies, and other guests at the event. The five members arrived exhausted at the apartment and each one went straight to their rooms. Jooheon was on his way as well when Shownu called him into the kitchen.

"Tell me, hyung," Jooheon said once the two of them were alone.

"Jooheon-ah, what happened today cannot be repeated," Shownu said in a serious voice.

"Ah?"

"I said, what happened today cannot be repeated. You can’t answer a director like that, it’s only gonna make things worse for you, for Changkyunnie, and for the group in general, you understand?"

"Hyung, you heard him," Jooheon replied. "You heard how he talked about I.M. knowing he hasn’t been well all this time..."

"I know, Jooheon, I heard it well. Don’t think it didn’t bother me, but it wasn’t the place or the time and definitely not the way to deal with Director Kwan’s comments. You do realize that if anything happens to one of us it affects the rest as a group, right? On both a personal and professional level." Shownu was serious and continued to speak without letting Jooheon intervene, the leader had enough pressure on his shoulders and did not want to hear anyone’s arguments. "Changkyunnie’s state has affected us all and so has your hiatus. Do you think it’s easy to keep the group’s morale up when two of us are not well and don’t even try and ask for help? Do you think it’s easy to always try to cheer everyone up and keep you guys busy? Or ignore your faces of anger, sadness, or despair? Well, it’s not, Jooheon-ah, it’s not, but we give you your space because we try to understand, I try to understand. And just when it seemed like everything was getting better, that I.M. had found his voice, you start to crash down, because yes, Jooheon-ah, you’re reaching your limit, but you don’t even want to see it. What you do about it is your business, I can’t force you into anything, but you can’t be selfish with the group, not like today, understand?"

Jooheon didn’t know what to say. Until that moment, he hadn’t considered the possibility that he wasn’t the only one upset with his forced hiatus. They could not rehearse as a group or make appearances together; the recording of the new album had been postponed and the reporters and the fans might ask them uncomfortable questions they could not answer.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, Shownu sighed and said good night to Jooheon. The rapper also went to his room and sat on the bed to try to put his thoughts together.

He took his cellphone out of his pocket and put it on the nightstand. Immediately, the phone vibrated and when Jooheon checked it, he saw that he had a message from I.M. saying that he would not sleep in the dorm that night. Jooheon chuckled as he closed the message and lay on the bed with his formal outfit still on.

I want to see you, Jules. Where are you?

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clariannahoney · 2 years

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Happy early birthday to the sweetest boy alive. Your presence in my life has made it colorful and given it a new dimension. I can’t count how many times in a day I think of you. You’re always on my mind and in my heart. I love you and I hope you have a deliriously happy birthday. #joohoney #leejooheon #monstax #monbebe https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVpJHEO5Ij/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#joohoney #leejooheon #monstax #monbebe

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stacyyyyyyyyy 💞💞💞 i’m glad u appreciated seulgi in the wcu lol. i hope you’ve been doing well !!!! i miss going crazy in the gc w u and rika abt new releases. what did u think abt seul’s mini (if u got the chance to listen to it alr) ????

AJJJJJJ 😭💕💕💕 I miss being chaotic with you and Rika too!!! We should just revive a chat to do that and go crazy. And I’ve been doing well! I started my law fellowship so I’m like a lawyer or whatever (kind of) lol I hope you’ve been doing well!!! I love the wcu crossover, the most ambitious crossover in kpop history! Not to be biased or anything but like ???? Absolute fire. I’ve been listening to the entire album on repeat since 8a and I have no plans of stopping any time soon. Her range is insane and even though the songs aren’t all the same vibe they still go so well together in the album!! Do you think you have a favorite song?

#leejooheons #asks #coincidentally I messaged Rika today lol #nothing like kpop to bring friends in different parts of the world together again 🥹

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scuopsie · 1 year

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bc of seollal all music shows this week are cancelled except mcountdown. i don’t know what sse was thinking but i won’t be shocked if that’s our goodbye stage and partly why we got consistent bside stages so far (esp the rly nice it’s alright one) lmfoa

I had to google that bUT ARE THEY FUCKING SERIOUS??????

#now i feel like i spoke this into existence 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡#WHAT THE FUCK WHERE THEY THINKING #im guessing thats really it since they releases the dance practice vid too🤡✌🏻#ask #leejooheons

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🍓- i’m so sorry u had the worst week mädch. ur a good person who only deserves good weeks !!!!!!! i’m here if u need to vent or anything !!!! 💖

hi aj bub !! firstly thank you hun <3 my grandpa passed away on wednesday and it’s just been really hard on me and my family so it’s just nice to find some comfort during hard times y’know? anyways, AJ MOST TALENTED CC seriously hun ever since i joined mbb tumblr i have always looked up to you and your content 🥺 and you’ve always helped me with any questions i’ve had too !! also you’re just a long time friend who has been kind to me since the very beginning and i value our friendship very much so thank you for being a really good friend aj 💕💖💞💗💓💘💕💖💞💗💓💘

@mutuals send me a 🍓 and ill compliment u!

#asks #leejooheons #aj 💖#i hope you can enjoy the rest of your day aj!! love u !!

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shownuxhyungwon · 1 year

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hiii! this is kind of random but i'm asking around for active mx/wonho accs to follow and was wondering if u can recommend some! I recently logged back into this acc and realized i need more monbebes/wenees on my feed 🥹🫶 thank u sm!

hiiiiiii :~)

ahhh a lot of mutuals haven't posted in a while :-( but I still follow a great deal of active(ish) mbbs + wenees and I hope this list helps 💓! in no particular order:

@shownuubear @heonie-ween @jookyun @joohoneypeach @ohmyki @minhyukie @yoorich @ohmyshownu @dokjamutual @im-a-special-bebe @rikli @dany-bear @imkyunnie @http-ara @we-called-monsta-for-a-reason @nuhoney1hunnit @chaedooly / @sohnkissed @leejooheons / @monxgifs @dreamaze @wabisaba @kimsmingyu @joosgf @wonhostiddymilk @wonhos-fabuloso @softhyungkyun @kisskihyun @bookinsey @bebecue @kyunsies @nfly5 @returnofshownu @captainshownu @sojohns @slowrabbitpd @kihynnie @floweredmp3 @imcks @wonhoand @aegyokingjoohoney @06zyo @buttafla @wonhoseokkie

and ofc update blogs! @official-wonho @monstax-info

#imisswonho #a #welcome back and consider me a mutual now <3!!!#sorry if I left anyone out :'0 was going based on recent activity

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mygirljunhee · 10 months

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Favorite Releases of 2023 (January-June)

Thanks for tagging me @honeydewtual !<3

This was genuinely so hard! I thought about splitting this into two sets because there are sooo many releases I love, but ultimately I'm lazy lol Added my play count (thanks last.fm) because I listen to a lot of music while I work. The Mijoo count... I blacked out. Honorable mentions: Unforgettable - ONEUS // Lemonade - Dreamnote // Lonely Night - Juju Secret // Kick it 4 Now - The New Six // Don't Call Me - Nine to Six // SHALALA - Taeyong // Love or Hate - Ryu Sujeong // Macarena - Blitzers // Tantara - iKON Tagging: @shiningwonho @kingleedo @strhwaberries @mizugucci @yukuz @holy-yeosang @kingdomtual @leejooheons @pinktaeyeon @weitual (no pressure tho! and sorry if you already did this and I didn't see it lol)

#I was going to keep it to just title tracks but Never in vain by Lucy is sooo good #and Baddie is life changing #Making that last gif hurt - but that's my boy and Madness is one of the best imo #mijoo #moonbin #astro #limelight #cravity #trendz #ateez #moonbin & sanha #lucy #sujeong #ryu sujeong #wei #addy.2023faves #addy.gifs

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yoohyeontual · 1 year

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I never know what to say in posts like this so I’m gonna make in simple, thank you all for following me even tho I have nothing to give you except my love 💜

Thank you to my mutuals especially, you honestly make my life less lonely and I love you all so much 🥺🥰

@ahchuuu • @ashisland • @ash-jade-callenreese • @awek-s • @berryjaellie • @blondeyunjin • @booobies • @blushiro • @caratonce • @deukaeloveclub • @dokjamutual • @exit127 • @gahpricot • @hseulies • @heartattackbychuu • @hornghae • @hoshrangi • @imnameimss • @iloveuineedu • @imnotcoolmp4 • @introcrown • @jisoossmirk • @jiyoos • @jjangkyu • @jongseobie • @kihyunsgf • @kimjunnoodle • @kyunsies • @leejooheons • @lenteur • @lesseraive • @love4eva • @nosekiss • @ryudaeng • @sanayeon • @sanaz • @seungyounchoz • @sexyhuacheng • @siltstone • @soobinbf • @suhyeos • @taeminblr • @talkthatalk • @vyvesvi • @wabisaba • @wooyoungbf • @wlwrising • @wonjinist • @yeonjungender • @yoojvngchoi

#how the f do I have so many followers for not doing anything except reblogging 😳#I want to tag so much more people but the limit is 50 !!!!!!!#anyway I love you all so much 🥰#all my mutuals are written here in my head <3 #I reached it on january first than went back to 799 and now I’m at 802 so a lil confuse but we’re here fjbsjdbsjs #alex.txt

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Cici omg sweetheart I did a double take when I saw the notification!!!! So happy to see you back here!!! 💗 I’m sure you’ve got all the right blogs to follow by now but I’ll give you my list anyway! I tried to go through to see who was active recently/posted or rbed wonho fairly recently!

@hoshrangi @minhyukie @happytodie @joosgf @kyunsies @wabisaba @kihyunsgf @yutagirlie @hoshi-gf @onedirecton @wongki @shownu-ssi @kyubins @minzbins @bangzchan @ohmyshownu @jookyun @softhyungkyun @kisskihyun @shownuubear @shiningwonho @leejooheons/@monxgifs @dreamaze @slowrabbitpd @hoforwonho @wenees @sohnkissed/@chaedooly

I’m sure I’m missing some and there are plenty more but this is what I’ve got for now! You could also check out @mx7net @monstax-info and @official-wonho!

#answered #imisswonho #I missed YOU!#I myself am a sad excuse for a mx cc but I dabble occasionally #howdy friends 🤠#blog recs

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brainddeadd · 1 year

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#monstax #몬스타엑스 #monbebe #imchangkyun #임창균 #monstaxchangkyun #changkyun #monstaxim #leejooheon #joohoney #이주헌 #monstaxjooheon #monstaxjoohoney

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capricornwriter5 · 2 years

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Always on time - Chapter 3

Pairing: Jooheon x female OC

Genre: childhood friends to enemies, enemies to friends, friends to lovers, smut (later chapters), fluff, angst, slow burn, idol AU!

Warning: mentions of violence

Words: 6k

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Chapter 3

Jooheon didn’t know what else to say. It wasn’t the reencounter he expected, not after so long of not seeing who, time ago, was his best friend. But that didn’t matter, Jules was in front of him and the cold greeting could be because of the nerves, right? After all, more than six years had passed since they saw each other the last time, it was normal for the first interaction to be different from what it had been when they were close, right?

“How have you been?” he asked again. Jooheon was trying to make eye contact with Julianne, but she avoided looking at him in the face.

“I’ve been good” she responded.

Since it looked like she wasn’t going to add anything else to that statement, Jooheon kept asking more questions to see if one of them sparked the conversation.

“I’m glad,” Jooheon said with the most honest smile he had shown all night. “You look amazing. Although, if I’m not mistaken, you had sword war to dresses back in elementary school”.

“Yeah, well, it’s been long since then”. And with that phrase, Jooheon’s intention to make a joke faced a cold rejection… another one.

Julianne looked more and more uncomfortable and nervous, and Jooheon’s hands had started to sweat because of his anxiety. He was running out of ideas to start a conversation, but he wasn’t going to give up so easily, not without trying everything he could to speak to Jules.

“Thanks for sending me the invitation” Jooheon tried once more. “I’m happy I came, is good to see everybody”. And with that, Jooheon took a step towards Julianne in an attempt to close the distance between them, but she took a step to the side and turned around to sit in one of the chairs of the bar.

“Yeah, well,” said Julianne finally “I didn’t send it, it is Areum who you have to thank. I erased your name from the guest list some time ago, you never had time to come to these events, anyway”.

If Jooheon had been nervous a few minutes ago, he was now on the edge of an anxiety attack. Did he say anything wrong? Was it wrong for him to come tonight? What was the deal with the silent treatment and the coldness?

“Yeah, the company keeps us very busy. We almost don’t even have time to breathe, but I’m here tonight” the rapper said while he sat alongside Jules. He kept his distance this time, something told him that if que pressured her too much, the small conversation he was having right now with Jules wouldn’t last long.

After a few moments of awkward silence, Jooheon decided to try and say something, again:

“You organized all of this, right?” the rapper said as he expected for the girl to, at least, raise her sight from her drink. Unfortunately, Julianne only nodded, eyes fixed on her hands. “In the invitation, it said that we could contact you in case we had any questions regarding the reunion. It is incredible what you did, really. Although, you were always good for this type of thing”.

Jooheon chuckled, but he still had no answer from Julie. The rapper was starting to lose his temper and was two seconds away from asking Julie directly if there was any problem when she turned her head to him and said, seeing him in the face for the first time this whole time:

“You know, now that you mention it, I have something I need you to do for me. Areum asked me to take everyone to the pool since there is going to be a surprise, so I need to make the announcement, but I’m not that good at speaking to large crowds, and more than half of the people here are already drunk, so they probably won’t listen to me. Would you mind doing it for me? I’m sure they’ll listen to Lee Jooheon, the star of the night. What do you say?”

Jooheon was silent for a couple of seconds. He needed that time to process Jules’s sudden attitude change, who passed from having her lips sealed to asking him a favor in a voice an octave higher than usual. Well, at least it was some sort of progress.

“Ehhhh, yeah, sure” he answered. “What do I have to say?”

Jules stepped down from where she was sitting and took Jooheon’s elbow making him do the same.

“Just go and say that there is a surprise by the pool and that we expect everyone to go,” the girl said while pushing the rapper towards the corner where the sound equipment was placed.

Once there was enough distance between Julianne and Jooheon, she turned around, grabbed her drink, and finished it in one go.

Shit, shit, shit, shit, a million times shit.

Why? Things were going smoothly; she had succeeded in hiding from him the whole night. Why did everything have to go to hell in a matter of seconds? But that didn’t matter anymore. Julianne had managed to kill two birds with one stone: she had gotten rid of Jooheon and she didn’t have to make the announcement anymore. Everything was good again… sort of. Now, she only had to take advantage of the crowd who would leave for the pool, hide among the drunk guests and go up to her room. She would text Areum telling her that she didn’t feel good and that she needed to rest; her friend would understand.

“Soundcheck, 1, 2, 3, soundcheck” Jooheon’s voice was heard in the whole salon. When the guests had identified who was speaking, they started to make noise and scream in excitement.

Julianne couldn’t help but roll her eyes. The reactions were unnecessary, especially because none of those people had been that close to Jooheon in high school, none of them had been by his side like she… ¡NO! No, no, no… Julie was not going to finish that thought.

“Are you guys having fun?!” Jooheon screamed using his broadcast voice. He received his answer in the form of whistles and more screams. “Good, good! Personally, I love I came today and everything thanks to the hard work of the event committee, right?!?!”

Again… more noises, screams, whistles… Julianne couldn’t believe it. These people thought they were in a concert or what? What the hell were they doing?

“And the best of all” the rapper continued “is that THE NIGHT IS YOUNG! That is why we have to go to the pool area because THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT AWAITS! LET’S GO!” and that was the signal for everyone sober enough to understand what was going on to run to the entrance of the room hoping to be the firsts to arrive at the pool.

Julie did not believe what she was seeing. Sure, they were drunk, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD… WERE THEY FIFTEEN OR SOMETHING?! Julie was going to have to apologize to the hotel management the next day. Luckily, she and Areum had foreseen that something like this would happen and had reserved part of the budget to pay compensation for damages or complaints.

Anyway, she would deal with that tomorrow. Right now, she had to get out of there, and fast, because she could see Jooheon was searching for her in the crowd.

In a matter of seconds, Julie got into the mass of bodies that were going to the pool. She planned to make a turn halfway through and walk to the elevators that would take her to her floor; the problem was that she did not have the strength to fight the current of bodies and ended up in the main recreation area of the hotel where there were two semi-Olympic pools and about seven jacuzzies.

Julianne couldn’t believe her eyes. Areum had surpassed her expectations. Thanks to her job, she had worked with different entertainers and artists: idols, DJs, MCs, comedians… as well as producers, artistic directors, designers, and so on. Some of them owned her a few favors, so she collected them and put together the display Julie had in front.

In one of the extremes of the pools, there were floating platforms on top of which there were two DJ stations, ten or twelve giant speakers, and light reflectors of different colors. In the middle, there were four giant trampolines on whose surface there was phosphorescent paint, so when someone jumped, he or she got completely covered with paint and splashed those who were near. In the pool, there were several floats that could hold about three or four people at a time. On the sides, there were stations with games and drinks, and in the zone of Jacuzzis, there was a station of cocktails and another one of body paint.

Julie needed a couple of minutes to process what her friend had done. It was amazing. The spectacle almost made Julie forget about Jooheon. Almost, because at that moment, Julianne turned around and saw the rapper going through the entrance of the recreation zone.

Shit.

Julianne decided that the best would be to put some distance between her and Jooheon so she could think about how to get out of there. She walked towards the DJ platforms and she found Areum there; her friend had a wide smile on her face that showed how proud she was.

“And… what do you think? Mind-blowing, right?” Areum had to yell to be heard on top of the music that was already playing.

“It looks incredible, Areum-ah, you outdid yourself,” Julie said. She tried to sound happy, but her mind was somewhere else, figuring out how to avoid Lee Jooheon. She kept looking everywhere to check if he had seen her already or not.

“Are you looking for someone, Julie?” Areum asked. “Everything good with Jooheon?”

Those two questions took Julie by surprise.

“What do you mean?” Julie said in a tone a little rougher than what she had intended.

Areum grabbed her arm and took her to one side of the pool, further from the speakers so they could talk more comfortably.

“Nothing in particular, it’s just that you haven’t seen him in five or six years and you have avoided him all night”.

“That’s not true” Julie argued. “I’ve been busy supervising other things and greeting people, that’s all”.

“Don’t lie, Julie, not to me. I saw him going to talk to you when I left the main salon and, girl, a marble statue would’ve moved more than you at that moment”.

Julie was reaching her limit. Yes, she had avoided Jooheon all night, but that was her decision. No one had any right to question her, not even Areum. However, Areum was not to blame for anything, so Julie closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath before she answered her friend.

“Look” Julie started with her eyes still close, “more than five years have passed, I don’t know him anymore and he doesn’t know me. He made his life and I made mine, we were close once, but that was a long time ago. People drift away, friendships end and, if I’m being completely honest, I’m not interested nor do I have the energy to catch up with someone who will be way too busy in the morning to even remember my name”. With that last statement, Julie opened her eyes and looked Areum in the eyes. “The fact that he is here today doesn’t mean anything. He’s alive, he looks healthy, and if the radio proves anything, he has a successful career. What more do I need to know? Nothing”.

Areum was silent. She didn’t know how to respond to that and she knew that Julie didn’t want to talk more about it, but she was definitely not fine. That’s why when Julianne told her she was going upstairs to their room because she wasn’t feeling okay, Areum offered to go with her.

“No, Areum-ah, stay in the party,” said Julianne. “You put way too much effort in this and it looks great, it’s not fair that you can’t have fun because I’m not in the mood. I’ll be fine. I’ll go watch some drama and plan how to make the hotel forgive us in the morning”.

Then, Julie turned around and walked through the side doors of the pool which led to the inside of the hotel. She didn’t care anymore if Jooheon saw her or not, she was exhausted. What Julie didn’t know was that Jooheon not only saw her going inside the hotel but that he saw the whole conversation with Areum from afar.

After giving the announcement and putting the microphone in place, Jooheon looked for Jules among the crowd, but could not distinguish her from all the people who were leaving the salon. Once at the pool, he looked at her once more and saw her talking to Areum near the DJs tables. He started walking in that direction but was stopped by some drunken ex-classmates who asked him to take a picture with them. He did as they asked and saw that Areum and Jules were now far from the party, talking. He started to walk that way and saw that Jules was tense by the way she lowered her head just like when she was stressed and needed to calm down. He slowed his pace and at that moment Areum made eye contact with him and shook his head.

Jooheon understood immediately, so he stopped in his tracks and stood there watching the two friends talk. He then saw Jules enter the hotel with her head still low and gave an interrogative look to Areum, who only shook his head once more and headed back to the DJs' tables.

If Jules needed her space, he would give it to her. Jooheon began to think that he was the cause of Jules' stress and anxiety, but why?

The rapper was about to turn around and leave the party since he had nothing else to do there when he saw Kim Kyug-Bok going in the same direction that Jules had gone. He was drunk, so Jooheon thought nothing bad would happen, but something inside told him to follow him, so he did.

He saw him go into the elevator where Jules was. She had her eyes fixed on her shoes, so she did not notice when Kyug-Bok entered the elevator nor did she see Jooheon running, trying to stop the doors before they closed. The last thing the rapper saw was Kyug-Bok winking at him.

SHIT!

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The doors of the elevator opened on Jules’s floor, she got down and started to walk to her room but she hadn’t taken even two steps when someone grabbed her arm. The girl turned around just to see Kim Kyug-Bok in front of her… a little too close for her taste. He reeked of booze.

“Julie-ah, wait a minute,” he said. “Uff, I think I drank more than what I should have but what a nice reunion. I wasn’t expecting less of you, to be honest”.

“Good night, Kyug-Bok-ssi,” said Julianne in a strict tone. She had had enough of idiots for one night.

Julianne managed to set her arm free from the guy’s hold and started to walk to her room at the end of the hall. Since Kim Kyug-Bok was drunk, he needed a couple of seconds to react and recover his balance in order to follow her. Julie was almost at the door when he reached her and grabbed her by the wrist, his hold stronger this time, and made her turn around and face him.

“Wait, waaaait, Julie-ah, I’m not done talking,” said Kyug-Bok, only this time, as he spoke, he moved his eyes up and down Julie’s face and went down to the cleavage of her dress. “You look beautiful tonight; did anyone tell you that?” he asked with a voice that Julie could only define as slimy. “Well, I suppose Jooheon-ssi could have told you that, though I don’t know if you’ve given him the chance”.

Julie was silent. She didn’t know what to respond and Kim Kyug-Bok laughed at the girl’s reaction and continued talking:

“Tell me, trouble in paradise? Or is it that you finally manage to get over that childish crush of yours? Poor guy, he spent the whole night looking around to find you, not realizing that you spent the whole night hiding from him”.

That made Julie react.

“Let go of me” she ordered.

“Easy, beautiful. You don’t have to be nervous. Your secret is safe with me” he said whispering in her ear.

“You either let me go or it is going to hurt for, at least, a week”

“Uuuuuuuuy, feisty. I like it” said Kyug-Bok laughing. “Now that I think about it, maybe Jooheon never got the hang of how to handle you, give you what you need, please…”

Kim Kyug-Bok could not finish the sentence because of the pain he felt at various points of his body. In a matter of seconds, he went from standing in front of Julie to kneeling on the floor. Julianne had gotten out of his grip on her wrist while she had elbowed him in the abdomen. She then knelt him in his crotch and used an arm lock that forced him to sit on his knees looking at the floor.

“Listen to me, asshole,” Julie whispered, “I had my share of idiots tonight and I don’t plan on spending any more time with someone as pathetic as you. Do yourself a favor and disappear, understand?”

Julie let him go and Kim Kyug-Bok lay on the floor. His foot hurt and he had trouble breathing both from the blow to the abdomen and from the attack on his manhood. He also felt his arm asleep from the lock Julie made to him, which almost dislocated his shoulder.

Julie entered her room and Kim Kyug-Bok heard her locking the door. He began to curse her in a low voice when a pair of very expensive shoes appeared in front of him. Kim Kyug-Bok looked up and ran into a very, very angry Jooheon.

“Jooheon-ah, my friend,” he said, trying to sound friendly as he stood with difficulty. “What’s going on? I was on my way back down, there are still some pretty girls around, huh? Some of them might want to do you a couple of favors”.

“Ah, Kyug-ah,” Jooheon said with a cold smile, “how about we have some fun?”

He grabbed the former team captain’s shoulder and headed with him to the elevator. They went down quietly and Jooheon never relaxed the grip on Kyug-Bok, who was feeling increasingly intense pain in his back and arm.

Once they arrived at the pool area, Jooheon spoke again:

“Tell me, Kyug-ah, if I remember correctly, you were afraid of the water, weren’t you?”

“Ah? Ah, yes,” he said with a nervous laugh. They were both getting very close to one of the semi-Olympic pools and that made him anxious.

“Ah, too bad. You can’t have all the fun. Wait for me here for a moment, will you?” Jooheon said, standing inches from the edge of the pool and forcing Kyug-Bok to do the same.

“Ah? Ah, yes, sure, okay”.

Moments later, Jooheon climbed onto one of the platforms where the DJs were, grabbed a microphone, and yelled:

“ARE YOU HAVING FUN?!”

Even if his outburst was unexpected, the rapper got an answer from the crowd in the form of screams. Come on, a little more.

“I DON’T HEAR YOU! ARE YOU HAVING FUN?!”

Now, the screams came with whistles, jumps, and even a howl. That’s it, perfect.

“THAT’S THE SPIRIT!! LEY NOBODY SAY THIS GENERATION DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN”

More screams.

“And guess what... THIS ISN’T OVER YET!! I’M SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU THAT I DECIDED TO MAKE A DYNAMIC WITH YOU!”

At this point, everyone, including Kim Kyug-Bok, paid attention to what Jooheon was saying.

“Before I tell you what you have to do to win, I’ll tell you the prize. WHOEVER WINS WILL BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH ME IN THE PRODUCTION OF MY NEXT SOLO ALBUM! WILL APPEAR WITH ME ON TV, HAVE PRODUCTION CREDITS, AND HAVE PART OF THE OVERALL SALE ROYALTIES! WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE?!”

Even more unintelligible screams echoed throughout the recreation area.

“Okay, okay, now I’m going to tell you what you have to do to win. Pay close attention. We all deal with fears and pressures, right? We are human, after all. But today I want to help one specific person overcome his fears. A person who opened my eyes tonight. My friend there by the pool, Kim Kyug-Bok!”

At that moment, Kim Kyug-Bok’s face turned as white as paper. What the hell was this?

“Do you see him?” asked Jooheon to a very excited crowd.

“YEEEES” everybody shouted in unison.

“Well, you remember he was afraid of water?”

“YEEEES”.

“Okay then, on the count of three, the person who gets Kim Kyug-Bok to lose that fear before the party ends WILL BE THE WINNER!”

At this point, all eyes were on the former captain, who looked like the prey of hungry wolves as he saw Jooheon with a face of disbelief.

“ON THE COUNT OF ONE... TWO... THREEEEEE!”

And with that, hell itself broke loose. Kim Kyug-Bok ran for his life but was surrounded. Everyone at the party, at least everyone who was sober enough to understand what Jooheon said, wanted to win, so they started chasing him trying to catch him.

Jooheon had no interest in seeing the show. So, he got off the platform and ran into a very, very upset Areum.

“What the fuck was that?! They’re gonna kill him!”

“I couldn’t care less about that asshole and you shouldn’t either”, Jooheon replied.

“Excuse me?”

“Go with Jules. Now” said Jooheon with a serious face that made Areum have goosebumps.

“What happened?” asked Areum understanding the situation. “What did that son of a bitch do to her?”

“Nothing, Jules knows how to defend herself, but she needs you now. To hell with these idiots” Jooheon snapped as he passed Areum to leave.

The place was a disaster. Thankfully, the majority of the guests were too drunk to pay attention to Jooheon’s words or to keep up with the game (some threw up after a couple of seconds running after their prey) so the situation was relatively manageable for the security team Areum had brought alongside with the entertainment. However, some people were chasing after Kim Kyug-Bok all over the place; the ex-captain could barely avoid them while shouting obscenities and threats in an attempt to make them leave him alone.

Areum saw Jooheon disappeared inside the hotel, but he turned to see Kyug-Bok one last time with a look that displayed the biggest hatred Areum had seen in anybody’s eyes. After that, the girl turned to talk to the chief of the security team and gave him instructions to control the situation and to call it a night as soon as possible. Once everything was settled, she went up to the room she shared with Julie.

Areum opened the door and found Julie sitting on the bed already with her pajama on and with wet hair. When Julianne saw her best friend entering the room with a heavy breath, she jumped and went to her

“Areum-ah, what happened? Are you okay? Something happened downstairs?”

“I should be the one asking you if you are okay” Areum stated while hugging Julianne. “What happened? That idiot of Kyug-Bok is going to pay if he did anything to you, I swear! I know a lot of people, I have savings and…”

“Hey, hey, easy, what are you rambling about?”

“Easy my ass, WHAT HAPPENED?”

Julie stood still for a moment trying to decipher how Areum had learned about what happened in the hall not more than thirty minutes ago.

“Nothing happened” Julie sighed. “The bastard went up with me in the elevator and try to overstep his boundaries, but I still remember some moves from my training. It wasn’t hard to knock him down, really”.

“THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING!!” Areum shouted. “God, Julie, of course it is something… no wonder he was so upset”.

“Yeah, well, I imagine he was upset” Julia added while turning around “he saw, or well, felt the end of his virility”.

“What?... No, no… I’m talking about Jooheon”.

Julie got tense once more.

“What do you mean?”

“Well…” Areum started saying, not sure of how to tell this to her friend, not after what she had said earlier. “Out of nowhere, Jooheon grabbed a mic and announced that the first person that managed to throw Kim Kyug-Bok to the pool would have production credits in his next solo album. You know that idiot was always afraid of water and, well, some people started to chase him like crazy just to win the prize Jooheon offered. I don’t think Kim Kyug-Bok has felt so much fear in his whole life”.

Julie didn’t say anything, she just sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her feet. Areum didn’t push the subject any further, they’ve had enough of guys for one night. It was girl time.

“Alright, you choose the drama and I the wine, deal?” Areum stated.

“Sorry?”

“What? You thought that just because we are in the room and not at the party we wouldn’t get wasted? JA! No, missy. Come on, you have fifteen minutes to decide which drama to watch while I call room service… if you don’t decide in that time, we’ll spend the night watching sexy music videos”.

Julie couldn’t do anything else but laugh. Areum always knew how to cheer her up and right in that moment wine sounded like man’s best invention. Thus, 15 minutes later, the two friends had, each one, a glass of wine in hand and about seven different dishes from which to choose, selection of Areum; they only had to settle down and enjoy the comedy that Julie had chosen. Hopefully, the headache the next day would make everything look better.

*****

Sunday morning arrived faster than expected. Julie’s headache was unbearable but every drop of wine had been worth it; it had been a while since the two friends had that much fun together.

After turning in bed, Julie opened her eyes and realized that Areum was not in there. He called her name a couple of times, but there was no answer, she probably had gone down to have breakfast. At that moment, Julie’s stomach roared with hunger, which was what made her finally get up and go to the bathroom to wash her face and dress up a bit to be minimally presentable. Once she had finished and changed her pajamas for daytime clothes, Areum entered through the bedroom door.

“Good morning,” she said in a hoarse voice. “I think we outdid it yesterday”.

“You think so? I feel like there are smurfs drilling inside my head, everything hurts”.

“Yeah, well, the price of getting old”.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Areum went to check and seconds later came in with a cart with two plates of hangover soup.

“I got up a little early and went down to see how everything had turned out,” Areum explained. “The security team I hired managed to keep the disaster to a minimum, to the extent of their capabilities, and I already talked to the hotel manager; we already agreed on a compensation price and I will make the transaction in the afternoon. It’s all settled, so sit down and eat”.

“Arg, Areum-ah, what would I do without you?” Julie said hugging her.

“Have a very boring life, for sure,” Areum replied laughing. “Come on, have breakfast before it gets cold. We don’t want to be late”.

“Late? To where?”

“I booked us some appointments at the hotel spa: mud masks, relaxing pedicure, and a session of decontracting massages. All to get back to being the fabulous women we were before we had three… maybe four bottles of wine in less than two hours”.

“Oh, that sounds great, but I don’t know if I can do it all, Areum-ah. In the afternoon I have...”

“... a coffee/tea date with your mother-in-law,” Areum said, interrupting her friend. “Don’t worry. I asked for the mud masks and the pedicure to be done at the same time, so we can finish everything before lunch and you can go to your appointment with plenty of time. Come on, dude, do I have to remind you who you’re talking to?”

Julie hugged her friend for the second time that morning and started eating her breakfast. At that time, Jooheon’s theme was a very distant point in her memory, almost like an isolated event that could soon be forgotten.

______________________________________

That Sunday afternoon, Julie felt like new. She had recovered from the hangover halfway through the pedicure and all the stress of the last few weeks had disappeared thanks to the spa session Areum had reserved for them.

She arrived at his mother-in-law’s apartment just in time for their afternoon appointment. She rang the doorbell and within seconds Mrs. Park was receiving her.

“Julie-ah! Good to see you” she said with a smile. “Come in, come in, make yourself at home”.

“Thank you, Mrs. Park,” Julie replied as she took off her shoes and put on the slippers arranged for the guests. “Is that... lavender what I smell?”

“Yes! Doesn’t it smell delicious? Recently one of the start-ups in which I invested started to develop a new line of aromatherapy and I am testing several of the products. The aroma comes from organic candles that I helped develop myself. Look, these are the testing samples”.

Mrs. Park continued to talk about the product for several more minutes and Julie paid attention to every word she said. She was impressed by his mother-in-law’s energy and creativity, always innovating.

“Arrggg, aunty, again with your candles” interrupted a voice coming from the kitchen.

Julie turned to see the person who owned that voice: Park Eun-ji.

“If it bores you that much, Ji-nah, you can go. You arrived unannounced anyway, dear niece, and, as you can see, I already had plans”.

Julie hadn’t seen the other members of her boyfriend’s family in months. She had never had problems with any, but she wasn’t close to them either. Many saw her over the shoulder because she did not come from a wealthy family. Actually, her mother-in-law was the only one she felt she shouldn’t be on her toes 24/7. Well, her mother-in-law and Kang-Dae, of course.

“Julie-ah!” Eun-ji shouted, acknowledging Julianne’s presence for the first time. “I haven’t seen you in ages, where have you been? You’re not avoiding us, are you?” the girl asked with a malicious smile.

“Hello, Eun-ji-ssi. Good to see you,” Julianne replied.

“Oh, come on, Julie, stop with the formalities. Anyway, how much have you been doing that you couldn’t even go to my dearest aunt’s awards gala?”

“Should I remind you, Ji-nah,” Mrs.Park intervened before Julie could respond, “that Julie, unlike you, works and has responsibilities. You wouldn’t know this, but having a work ethic is still valued in this society”.

After Mrs. Park’s statements, there was a moment of awkward silence in which Eun-ji only rolled her eyes at her aunt’s comments. Julie didn’t know if she should intervene to alleviate the tension but, once more, her mother-in-law bet her in doing so.

“Well, enough of that,” Mrs. Park said again. “It’s coffee time, come on, that’s why you came”.

“Kang-Dae won’t join us?” Julie asked.

“He’s supposed to,” Mrs. Park sighed. “I warned him that he had to be on time, but you know how he is, he has no head but for business. He will surely arrive in a while”.

And with that, the three women went into the kitchen.

*****

Two hours later, Mrs. Park’s apartment door opened and a Kang-Dae, dressed in a golf shirt, appeared in the kitchen.

“Hi, Mom, sorry I’m late,” Kang-Dae said.

“It’s not me you should apologize to, son,” Mrs. Park replied.

“Yes, I know. I’m sorry, Julie,” Kang-Dae said as he approached his girlfriend. “I tried to get here early, but the investors wanted to play all 18 holes”.

“Don’t worry, I understand. The important thing is that you are already here”.

“Disgusting, stop both of you,” Eun-ji interrupted. “What’s up, cousin? No greetings for me?”

“Ah, Ji-nah, I didn’t know you were coming,” Kang-Dae told her.

“Ah, that’s my specialty, surprises,” Eun-ji said with a malicious smile. “And speaking of surprises... I went shopping with Kang Mi-suk yesterday, remember? She was your best friend in school”.

“Sure,” Kang-Dae replied, “I even introduced her to Julianne a few years ago. We went out several times on double dates, but I haven’t had time to talk to any of my old friends in months. What’s new?”

“Not much”

And with that, the two cousins started talking about old friends and acquaintances, some of whom Julie already knew and others who she didn’t. Both Mrs. Park and Julianne were left out of the conversation, each with a cup of coffee in hand. Neither of them had much to contribute, either because they didn’t know the people they were talking about or because they didn’t have anything good to say about them.

“Ah! I have an idea,” Eun-ji said out of nowhere. “Julie-ah, how about we go to lunch with Mi-suk next week? You know her, so it’ll be like two old friends catching up, what do you think?”

Julie moved in her seat and took the cup of coffee to her lips before answering.

“Emm, that would be nice, but...”

“GREAT! I’ll tell Mi-suk and...”

“... but I don’t know if I can, Eun-ji-sii” Julianne finished. “We are closing the last exhibition in the gallery and soon we have to start planning the next activity. I don’t know if I have time to...”

“Come on, Julie-ah” this time it was Kang-Dae who interrupted her, “for one day nothing will happen. I remember that Mi-suk liked you very much and I’m sure they will have a good time. What do you say?”

“I say you two forget that Julianne is a busy woman,” Mrs. Park said, placing the coffee cup on the table with more force than necessary. “From personal experience, if she says she doesn’t have time, it’s because she doesn’t have time. You should understand that very well, Kang-Dae, and stop insisting”.

“No problem, Mrs. Park,” Julie jumped, trying to lighten the tension in the atmosphere. “I guess I can ask for an extra hour for lunch on... Tuesday? And go out for a while.”

“Perfect! It’s a date,” Eun-ji said with a winning smile. Moments later, he got up from the table and went to call Mi-suk to tell her the plans.

Kang-Dae also apologized and left to change his clothes, so Julianne was left alone with her mother-in-law.

“Julie-ah,” said Mrs. Park when everyone was gone. “You have to stop doing that”.

“Ah?... Ah! I’m so sorry, you defended me, and I...”

“That’s not what I mean. I can see it in your eyes, dear, that you can’t stand my niece. And you haven’t stopped moving your knee since Kang Mi-suk’s name was mentioned, so that meeting doesn’t excite you either. My son may be slow in those things, but I’m not”.

Julianne didn’t know what to say. She feared that anything she said would offend her hostess, so she just lowered her head and stared at her empty cup.

“Look into my eyes, Julie-ah,” Mrs. Park said. “It’s not a claim, my dear. I’m telling you this because you remind me of me a few years ago. Always pleasing others. The problem, honey, is that women like you don’t reach their potential by being complacent. My son is very lucky that you’ve put up with him these past three years and I appreciate how understanding you’ve been to him and the rest of the family, but I think it’s time, Julie-ah, for you to take your place, don’t you think?”

Julie could only stare her mother-in-law in the eyes. She couldn’t articulate a word. What had just happened?

“And don’t worry, dear. I know you have a hell of a temper behind that kind smile and when you’re ready to let it out and demand my son the treatment you deserve, I’ll back you up”.

Just when Mrs. Park finished speaking, Kang-Dae came back into the kitchen, now in another outfit, so Julie could do nothing but give Mrs. Park her complicit gaze back.

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